Spruce beetle

29 Jul, 2008
5 likes

This guys is annihilating the forests here. No one really likes him, but he's everywhere. Thought I'd share him since he was sitting atop the gartenmeister and not crash landing in my face.

Comments on this photo

Lori

So will you trap and dispose of him?

31 Jul, 2008

Greenthumb

I didn't. We are beyond the breaking point. And I'm a weeny, these guys are not small. He's about two inches long.

2 Aug, 2008

Lori

Yes..I've had personal contact with them...the one I had in my shirt wasn't quite two inches but he sure had a bite... I think he reacted to my panic when I felt him on my stomach...I started whacking my shirt and shaking it and he, perhaps, decided to hang on with his mandibles!!lol.

3 Aug, 2008

Greenthumb

lol, they defeinately hold on. You can watch them cling to your car at 55 mph. Definately a grip!

3 Aug, 2008